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Music:Cuba

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Cuba the largest and most populous island on the Caribbean and lies less than 100 miles south of the Florida coast.
Son music was born during the 1890's in the Cuban hill towns of Santiago and Trinidad
Son began as rural dance music for parties and other informal gatherings performed by the Afro-Cuban community in the hills surrounding cities.
In the earliest days of son music most of the instruments played were brought from Spain.
Instruments brought from Spain included the upright bass, maracas, bongos, guitar and the Tres Cubano (3 string guitar).
The only Sub-Saharan African instruments played when son music first began were the claves and cowbell.
The musical form of Cuban son is a hybrid of both African and European influences.
Although the song texts of son music are primarily in Spanish African-derived terminology is also sung at times.
The montuno section of the song form is typically at the end of the song as an extended, improvised, call & response section.
During the 1940's son bands gradually expanded into larger dance orchestras, and a variety of instruments were added including congas, trumpet, and timbales.
cascara(meaning shell) The primary rhythmic ostinato that is played on the timbales and is played on the shell of the timbales.
congas play a rhythmic ostinato called a "tumbao" to compliment the driving cascara ostinato
The piano was also added to the son dance orchestra to play the montuno ostinato along with the Tres Cubano.
Salsa tends to be faster than Cuban son music reflecting the tempo of life in New York City.
The drums and percussion are more prominently featured in the performance often with multiple solos during a single song.
Salsa instrumental and vocal homophony is often more complex than son, creating polyphony using homophonic ostinatos.
The frequent use of trombones along with trumpets as lead instruments also makes the sound of salsa distinct from son.
The clave (translated as "key") is the most important ostinato in Cuban Son and many other genres of Latin American music
primary rhythmic ostinato that influences the other musical parts. heard as a separate musical part. continues as other musical parts enter and exit the song. Clave
The clave used in son music is called the son clave.
Every clave has two halves or sides the "2" side and the "3" side.
If the song is written using "2:3" son clave then the song starts by playing the "2" side.
If the song is written using "3:2" son clave then the song starts by playing the "3" side.
Cuban Danzon is a style of music and dance that was practiced by the social elite in Havana.
Danzon is very formalized, with prescribed social etiquette and dance structure.
Danzon was and still is considered the "National Dance of Cuba."
The clave ostinato is not played or followed in the Cha Cha Cha style.
The guiro a hand held gourd idiophone, also plays a specific rhythm ostinato as accompaniment
Chanchullo One of the first Cha Cha Cha compositions that inspired Oye Como Va
Bolero is the music of love & romance in much of the Spanish-speaking world.
Although Bolero is slower it still adheres to the clave.
The Clave used in Bolero is the 3:2 Son Clave
Son Huasteco comes from a fusion of Indigenous and Spanish traditions
Flamenco an art form and culture commonly associated with the Roma people of Andalucía in Southern Spain, where they called Gitanos.
The very beginnings of Flamenco musical culture originated with the arrival of the Rajasthani (Roma) people from the Thar Desert in Northwest India to Southern Spain between the 9th and 14th centuries.
Singers and dancers often accompany themselves with clapping, snapping, and emotional vocalizations known as jaleo.
Cante (song) is extremely emotional and address themes such as death, despair, anguish, and religious doubt
Jaleo (emotional spontaneous vocalizations) are randomly expressed adding emotional depth to the lyrics or improvised lyrics being sung.
Baile (dance) is usually accompanied by guitarist and a vocalist singing the Cante.
Other important aspects of Flamenco Baile include Palmas (hand clapping) & Pitos (finger snapping).
Toque (guitar playing) is a combination of Spanish classical guitar music and the slower, more ethereal (dreamy and contemplative) melodies found in Arabic music.
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